Palm Oil

2 posts

Palm oil jumped 154 points. The curve is the interesting part.

November 12, 2026 | 4 min read | Posted in » 2 cents, Current Affairs

FCPO forward curve from November 2026 at 4,168 rising to May 2027 at 4,756, then flattening to 4,300 by May 2028

Palm oil had its best session in months, and the settle is the least useful number in it. What a 118-point calendar spread is actually telling you, and where it turns dangerous.

17 years in plantations. The cost of being away.

October 25, 2026 | 5 min read | Posted in » Personal, Work

Four-wheel-drive vehicles in Lahad Datu in 2009, during the author's first months working in oil palm plantations

From Lahad Datu to plantation life in Sarawak and Indonesia. Looking back at long drives, poor phone coverage, work and what it meant to be away from family.